The biggest challenges facing London’s new museum directors

The incoming directors of Londons Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) and the Tate join institutions in good shape, but still face significant challenges. Tristram Hunt, who assumed his role at the V&A yesterday (20 February), is a social historian and, until last month, a Labour Member of Parliament. He has never worked in a museumlet alone run one. Maria Balshaw, who takes over the Tate in June, has much more institutional experience. She became the director of Manchesters Whitworth Art